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Originally Posted by MrGibbage
I thought of another way to put my question: In other words, is there a way to push non-gmail accounts, through hook or crook, to the phone? If so, does it maintain the mail on the original server (IMAP)? And what's more, if I reply to a mail, will it be from my gmail address, or will it be from my regular address? Just how seamless is it?
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Hmmmm...i think the best bet is still to read your biz email through gmail. I have my biz email as my default addy for new mail and replies and except for some group lists, (which id the email as coming from my biz account through gmail account) it seems that emails come directly from my preferred account. I'm sorry I don't have time to spare today to look up push and pull differences so I can respond more accurately. Your mail remains on your server AND in gmail for all the benefits of storage and search, so that's an additional plus to me because all the files sent to clients are archived twice, but not locally. My biggest problem was getting used to tags vs. folders for a filing system. And for me a big problem is search. Gmail doesn't return results for partial words -- which irks me to no end (unless there is a lab for this I've missed). There are some cool "labs" that provide additional functionality based on user programming that help gmail tremendously with more growing all the time.
I haven't looked back to my email client or direct email source in a year and LOVE that I don't have to worry about crash losses (like how I lost ALL my emails in netscape -- TWICE). The only email I've lost with gmail is stuff I accidently trashed or spammed with a key combo and didn't remember to retrieve until too late. Maybe one or two emails tops.
I'm sure someone more savvy will chime in shortly.